The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-18

He had been in bad health for some time,
and was occasionally subject to spells of
dependency, which effected his mind.
A protracted meeting at the Methodist
church began at Cochran last Wednesday
night, and is advertised to continue for a
week or two longer. Rev. j. S. Lewis. of
the Jacksonville circuit, has been there
doing efficient work since the incipency Of
the meeting. Happy Jaclz' is expected in
day or two to assist in the hoped-for re-
vival
Capt. |. Il. Adams, of Eatonton was mar
rled 70 Miss Epple Elder, of Barnesville at
the Methodist church in that city last Tues
oay evening Capt. Adams is well-known
IN Macon, and is one of the most prominent
citizens of Putnam county. The bride is a
sister OF Mrs $. Fl. Cook, of GAINESVILLE,
and is young lady noted for her beauty
and many excellent traits of character.
DR., John P. Hunt died at his residence
near Miner, Wednesday, after a lingering
illness of several weeks. As a physician he
had endeared himself to the people of that
and adjoining counties in practice of fifty
years, and no man was more highly esteem
ed as physician and a Christian gentleman
than DR.. Hunt. He leaves a wife and
large family of children and grandchildren,
who viii greatly miss him.
Col M. K. Light and the band arrived in
Columbus Wednesday and the Salvation
Army, about $50 strong, paraded the streets
a little after dusk. The Colonel conducted
the meeting last night. There appeared to
be larger attendance than on any previous
| occasion and more converts knelt at the
altar The meeting was entirely harmoni-
Gus, and barring the noise made by the
| army itself, it was also quiet.
The attorney of Mrs. Esther Harris fled
in the office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court at Atlanta on Wednesday, a suit for
$4,000 damages against the Western and
| Atlantic Railroad Company. The plaintiff
alleges in her complaint that her husband,
Jake Harris, was killed on Dec s, 1885,
whilst attempting to cross public road
She AYERS that but for the negligence of the
locomotive driver her husband would not
have been killed.
Robert Burch (colored), of Elberton, be-
came wearied with hard times, and deter
mined to make rise, and in order to do so
went to the pasture of Mrs. Alexander, liv-
ing near there, one day last week and cap
| tured the finest cow he could find and
brought it to town and sold it for beef The
owner missed her property, traced it up and
| found it. but little too late to recover it,
as the cow had already been beefed and
sold out. Robert is now breaking bread
with Sheriff Alexander.
Americas Recorder: The citizens of Mil
| ledgeville have invited the Georgia Weekly
Press Association to meet in that city June
Il. This association, from what little we
can hear of it, is antagonistic to the Geor
| gla Press Association, and is fathered by
the Middle Georgia Progress n.eighteen
week old paper, of Sandersville and it pro-
poses TO work miracles, etc, and establish
what it calls "a uniform rate for adveItis-
ing" whatever that is. 1t is probably des-
tined to fill an early grave.
Americas Recorder: A dastardly attempt
was made by some one a few nights ago to
L H. I
| Tor street, An aTmful of fat hghtWood,
which had been lying ON the porch for
some time, was carried into the hall by the
| would-be incendiary and piled against the
wall, after which other combustible ma
terial, such as old brooms, clothes, paper,
etc, were added to the pile and the match
applied. Fortunately the fire was dis
covered by a servant before it had burned
very long.
Elberton Gazette: Capt H. P. Mattox
of this county, sent us the first cotton bloom
of the season on Monday morning last, June
b. 1t was taken from the crop of one of his
tenants on his Broad river plantation, and
he writes US that there were other blooms in
the crop. Capt. Mattox has almost in
variably sold the first bale of new cotton ir
this market, and we learn that his crop is
unusually fine this year. He mas perhaps
the finest cotton lands in the county, as well
as one of the most desirable homes in this
section of Georgia.
A $4,000 damage suit against the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Company was instituted Wednesday at At
lanta. The papers were filed in the Clerks
Office of the Superior Court The plaintiff is
Daniel A. Kelly, who alleges thathe was in
jured whilst discharging his duties as an
employee of the company He was flag
man on freight train. On April Il last he
was coupling cars at point on the road
called Cepulta, when he had his hand
crushed. He asserts that the injury was
caused by the carelessness Of the engineer
and fireman.
G. w. Tiff, who has the contract for Dor
ing web No. 9 at Albany, encountered a
formidable object at the depth of % feet
recently. 1t was a solid flint rock, and
what rendered it more difficult to penetrate
was its dip, which was at an angle of about
AS. 1t was impossible, from its position, to
strike it plumb, as the very hard flint forced
the drill to one side and the hole was thus
being wrenched out of plumb. To over
come this obstacle to further progress with
the drill, Mr. Tiff dug a 3-foot well down to
the obstruction and used dynamite blasts in
breaking it up.
In Macon most disgraceful scandal has
broken out in the Salvation Army. The
wife of one of the "Colonels" had promi-
nent citizen arrested for making indecent
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arrest was a case of bIackmail by certain
members of the Salvation Army; that the
woman had gone off under suspicious cir
cumstances with the gentleman she had
arrested and had begged him to treat her
Also Young sister in the army acknowl-
edged that she had been offered money to
act as procuress for "A man, her field of
labor being among the female members of
the Salvation Army.
Albany NeGs and Advertiser: There are
many fine apple orchards in Dougherty and
the surrounding counties, and the fruit is
just now beginning to get ripe Mr.. James
Gregory, who lives in East DOugherty,
brought into the city Wednesday some
beautiful specimens of June apples. They
were ripe, red and juicy, without flaw or
blemish. Fresh cider will soon be in order
Ii is a most delicious beverage, and the
Albany market has never yet been over
stocked. Those farmers prepared TO press
the soul from the apple can bear in mind
that Albany pays premium on the fresh
Juice of the rosy fruit
Nearly $4,000 pounds of wool have been
sold in the Albany market within the past
two days. MeSsis. j. b. Norman q Son,
substantial farmers of Colquitt county,
brought in ten bales, weighing 1000 pounds,